PMO asks HRD ministry to focus on teaching value education in schools

Tuesday 1 January '13

Following the Delhi gangrape case, the PMO received many suggestions on protecting women.

Aakash 2 distribution, revamped engineering entrance

Tuesday 1 January '13

From the international PISA rankings on secondary schooling to the ASER report on primary schooling, India''s 2012 report card in education offers little to cheer about.

Govt seeks to record every detail of foreign students

Wednesday 19 December '12

From change in course by them to test results, all to be part of a database

How to use Aakash 2 in class

Tuesday 18 December '12

It may not be an iPad killer but Aakash 2 brings with it unique features

Experts against school marks in JEE

Monday 17 December '12

Experts have warned against any tweaking in the AIEEE to decide admission to engineering institutes, including IITs, saying this would "detract seriously from the effectiveness" of the all-India entra...

Delhi university: DUTA dials Pallam Raju, V-C told to hold talks

Thursday 13 December '12

The standoff between the Delhi University administration and the teachers'' association looks set to escalate with the change of guard at the Human Resource Development ministry.

Ladakh''s Buddhist chanting in UNESCO cultural heritage list

Tuesday 11 December '12

The Buddhist chanting of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, has enchanted its way into UNESCO''s 2012 List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Indira Gandhi''s birth centenary: Her college to have centre in her name

Friday 7 December '12

Indira Gandhi''s birth centenary may be a good five years away but commemoration plans are already afoot.

Lesson learnt, schools to be chosen for PISA ''15

Friday 30 November '12

After India''s dismal performance in PISA 2009, the government is planning to choose its participating schools carefully for PISA 2015

Punjab discourages NRI investment, says a study by IIM-Bangalore

Thursday 29 November '12

Punjabis in UK are keen to invest, but babus, corruption, lack of political will are coming in way.

Report says caste, gender discrimination rampant

Monday 26 November '12

186 schools across 5 states monitored over two years

N-E youth read more than others: Study

Tuesday 20 November '12

The Northeast could well leave behind the rest of the country when it comes to reading habits

Introduce English at later stage, says report on primary education

Wednesday 14 November '12

Should English be introduced as a medium of instruction in Class I? May be not, suggests a study on the teaching of English in government-run primary schools

In CBSE''s Value Education handbook, 47 must-watch films

Friday 2 November '12

Munna Bhai, Paan Singh and Jessica in list; also classics and patriotic films

Relearning to teach

Friday 2 November '12

Access, equity and quality have been the bywords for our education policy for years now.

Now, performance review for central varsity VCs

Friday 26 October '12

While students are routinely put to test, a new proposal floated by the Human Resource Development Ministry calls for a performance review of vice-chancellors of universities and an external peer revi...

Soon, handwashing in school timetable

Thursday 25 October '12

A specific time must be earmarked in the timetable at every school for students, teachers and even cooks to collectively and simultaneously engage in one simple exercise that could fight diseases and ...

Ministry clears community colleges to make up shortfall in skilled workforce

Wednesday 24 October '12

Modelled on US system, to take off with 100 colleges offering 'knowledge, skill''

Time University Grants Commission did a course correction

Monday 22 October '12

Recent developments at UGC are hardly becoming of the apex higher education regulator.

Members oppose selection process for UGC secretary post

Monday 15 October '12

Controversies surrounding appointments in the University Grants Commission continue unabated with two commission members, Prof M M Ansari and Prof Seyed E Hasnain

Muslims need quota more than Hindu OBCs: IIM-A study

Monday 15 October '12

'Labelled anti-nationalists and also appeased''

NIC lesson on learning: Tod-Fod-Jod

Thursday 11 October '12

Proposal aims at encouraging children to grasp rather than cram science, 'become creators''

Sachin draws blueprint to promote sports

Wednesday 10 October '12

Tendulkar has detailed his roadmap to make India "a successful multi sports nation"

MP Sachin Tendulkar wants to help sports in schools

Tuesday 9 October '12

The HRD ministry has invited him to make a detailed presentation, following which modalities

Online South Asia archive set for launch

Friday 5 October '12

The idea of an online South Asia archive of primary research material was born in 2005 in an Oxford University coffee shop.